...Sergio Koc‐Menard Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how organizations might support older workers' learning. Design/methodology/approach The paper highlights an incoming HR challenge (training older workers), conducts a review of corporate responses in Europe...

...Susan D. Hewitt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to raise the profile of deep succession planning to identify key talent. Older workers are now forming a significant proportion of the workforce. This cohort could be lost to retirement leaving industry and commerce short of talent...

...Susan D. Hewitt Purpose Older workers are an increasingly important part of the workforce yet their job motivation can be low. This paper sets out to look at the possible reasons for this and to suggest how their disengagement can be addressed through development and training. Design...

... and National Adult Learning Survey, 2002. Also includes LSC data from the Employer Training Pilots and Modern Apprenticeships. Case studies of five organisations which demonstrate good practice in training a mixed‐age workforce. Throughout the study, references to “older workers” mean people aged over 50...